Satisfying ASIL Requirements with Parasoft C/C++test

Achieving Functional Safety in the Automotive Industry

ISO 26262 includes guidance to reduce risks to a tolerable level by providing feasible requirements and processes.

This paper details how the use of Parasoft C/C++test can help automotive software development teams meet requirements for particular ASIL levels. It introduces the idea of ASIL as defined by the ISO 26262 standard, and describes Parasoft C/C++test (an integrated solution for automating best practices in software development and testing) and how the tool can be used to satisfy software development process requirements for particular ASILs.

About Parasoft

Parasoft’s software testing solutions support the entire software development process, from when the developer writes the first line of code all the way through unit and functional testing, to performance and security testing, leveraging simulated test environments along the way. Parasoft's unique analytics platform aggregates data from across all testing practices, providing insights up and down the testing pyramid to enable organizations to succeed in today's most strategic development initiatives, including Agile/DevOps, Continuous Testing, and the complexities of IoT. Parasoft’s automated software testing innovations fuel software development organizations, helping teams reduce the time, cost, and effort of delivering high-quality software to the market.